The Washington critic., 1887-06-28
SPORTS OF THl SEASON.


the track So long time. Already the en-
trlts outnumber those Of any summer meet
Ing by three TO orc, and that betting will be-
good Is an assured fact, from the great mum.
Ter OF friends each hnrsc has and also that
the field is so evenly matched that no one
horse seems TO have much the best Of IT,
The work done by the ruuncfs so far seems
to point TO I'll Madhl and su2ette, but they
must keep up their work. Mr.. Blunt seems
to have lieu on the stcoplechase, but the
Barnes gcldIng viii give him good race II
pilotcd hy some one who can ride cross
country. In the trutting races there Will
ho so many Gutfles III each that II will he Il
difficult matter to pick the winner. The
track was very hard yesterday, but Superln-
i,tdent Parker viii put the men ut work on
Il iudey so that by next Monday It VIII bG
IA tlp.tcp shape, Entries VIII close Tnurs-
dey evening at ulne O'Clock at the Jockey
Club rooms.
baseball Personalities.
The following talk between Mike Kelly
ana reporter Of the Chicago Dtiy Ncu'
took place recently:
"Gisd to ret back TO ChlcagoS Yes,
always liked the town." ho said, rather
shortly.
GLOW about Anson and spaliluGY
"AnFon | consider ia the best man with
men that ever saw. II hls players woud
poy more attention 70 Aus's Instructions. the
Chicngn club would have more $4,000
playcis 10 sell.n
"You like Ans, thcngn
"Ans and always got along first rate,n
he answered. "Of course, sometimes when
wanted to get on Aus objected and felt
sore at the timo, but II passe1 away.n
"HOw about Spa!dng ~
81 have nothing to say"
wouldn't you like to be with the old
garg sCaiu n
"Welr', Kelly replied, bis eyes brighten
Ing up, "l'd like the gaEg, but / would
u,ver have played with them again as long
as that man spalding was at the head. To
tel you the truth, never thought would
play ball agaIu when left here last fall,
and | wouldn't, either, had 1 not been
cold"
"You like Boston aud It's club ~
"Yes, bully" said Captain Mike. "We'vc
been playing very lucky ball since the
opening until wo struck indianapolis
There we were robbed by Pierce, the um-
plrc. What do you think OF an umpire
who Will call man out at third while he is
being held by players2 Well, that's what
Pierce did yesterday. ] was on third, and
would have scored the WANING run ia the
ninth inning on Morrlll's two-baser had not
Denny and Glasscock put their arms about
mo and held me uutil Hackett had thrown
the bail to third. Then / was declared out
Oh, he's rotten umpire ~ the "Only Kel"
said. exci'edly.
You are feeling well physically, arc you
not ?"
mo, I'm all broke up-Charley horsed
and strained so l can hardly move.n
"Will the bean-eaters win the pennant ~
81 won't answer that question. There
are four clubs-Chicago, Detroit, New
York ard Boston-all OF whom will be well
up at the flDish.'
Where will Chicago stand ?"
"Tbey'll be well up, II not at the top; but
those jays at Detroit will not wiu-ther
pitchers are gone. Dan Brouthers gives 1t
pitcher they had left Weidman.
"Whsre will New York be ~
THE gang in that team does not and
will not work together. Ever sec q club
win when they don't pull together? Form
your own conclusions"
The DetroIts have been after Pitcher
Smith Of the Charlestons. They offered
$1,000 for his release aud a salary Of 500 Il
month. They have not yet secured him.
1t looks as II Ward of the New Yorks
would be the first League player to make
his lOOth hit.
This is the way that Manager Phillips OF
the Pittsburgs has advertised Kelly. He has
put up quarter-sheet hanger to advertise
baseball games which will set people guess
Ing. II reads: "Baseball. He will be here
June 30. Guess who, II you cam 1t Is
doubtful If Kelly will be there. Who can
Phillips meauS
"l'll tell you what makes me weary"
says Manager GaiiGey, aud that Is this:
Unpires come to Washington, and, know
ing that Nick Young is in the grand stand
watching the games, they do the finest UNI
pirirg imaginable. Nothing could be more
md f.tF Ia hul. 1.E.t IA
all very beautiful aud touching. The
Washiugtons start out on trip, aud get 1t
in the neck on close decisions. Thla, of
course, docs not apply to the present case,
as DCescher tlmpires the same, no matter
where he Exchange.
The MonumeDtals defeated the Athletics
yesterday at Capitol Park by the following
scores
Monumontals."O O52 % O-l7
Athletlcs......,..i o o 0 0 3 -
Base hits Monumeutns, 15; Athletics, 10.
EifoTs- MOnumentals, 8; Athletic, 10.
The Detroit Free Pres has prepared
table of the standing Of the League pitchers
TO date. The once great Shaw Is second
from the bottom. An average OF 9 6l2
earned runs has been made each game of
his pitching The frat 10 are Madden,
Daily, Twitchell, Conway Boston,, fergu,
son, Boyle, Whitney, Casey, Keefe and
Conway (Detroitl. Rsdbourn has fallen to
18th place. O'DSy holds 25ih place and
Shaw the 30th, tile latter leading Morris
and Bishep, the "bum" Pittsburs twlrlers.
The statement that Shock was to be re.
leased was unwarranted.
Anson is troubled with "Charley horse"
The once great Shaw was pounded for l2
bits and sent men to first on balls yester-
day at Pit,sburg, Our boys hit Mccormick
f,r Iva, f..t 4
shaw was hit without difficulty and Pitts
burg won by TO 4. The Philles hit Healy
without trouble and defeated the Hoosiers
by IL to .. New York forfeited game to
Detroit because the latter would not allow
a substitute to be played In place OF Gore,
who was taken sick. The Giants then put
keefe In the box and played another game,
winning by II to 4. Van Haltren, the great
Pacific Slope pitcher, sent 10 OF the Bos,
tons to bases on balls, hit 8 batsmen, made
wild pitch, and did not set the river on
fire. Boston won by II to IL.
Sutton has left Boston for Chicago to Join
the club, on account Of Kelly being some
what used up by reason OF an injured leg.
Kelly Will 90 to Mount Clemens to recu-
perate.
OF the League pitchers, Madden OF Boston
hes won 8 and lost 3 games; Ferguson OF
Philadelphia has won 10 and lost a; Keefe OF
New York, won 10 and lost 8; Carkson OF
Chicago, won 10 and lost Z; Weidman OF
Detroit, won II and lost 4, aud Whitney OF
Washington, won and lost Z.
The Raud Avery Company OF Boston have
Just issued Baseball Book,n which con
lains the schedules Of the National, the New
England, the College and the Intercollegiate
Leagues, with blanks for keeping the entire
record In detail, and with additional blanks
for summaries OF each league. The book IS
,mall, made for the vest pocket, aud sells at
ten cents copy.
The Philadelphia Press says OF our new
acquisition: at must be said that though
DALEY was not the best OF Mr.. Wrights
pitchers, he was one OF the most popular
and gentlemanly players on the nine and